Chapter two hundred and seventy-ninth according to phase operations
"To convince others with strength is not to convince others with heart; it is not to support others." [Mencius Gongsun Chou (Part 1)]
"In the face of disaster, how can one not sacrifice his family for the country?" After saying this, Mi Zhu smiled slyly: "The so-called governing the country with benevolence, even if the court wants to implement thunder, it must first occupy the word 'reason'. If it is not taught but punished,
How will people in the world view the imperial court in the future?"
Jia Xu pondered for a long time, seeming to be chewing on Mi Zhu's words, and then said to Wang Jiang beside him: "Mi Zizhong is a true gentleman!"
These words sounded like admiration and ridicule at the same time. Although Wang Jiang understood it, he felt that he was speaking lightly and seemed to laugh along with it.
In troubled times, heavy rules should be used. When the social order is chaotic and people are impetuous, it is impossible to tell the rules to those silverfish. What's more, ancient times were not a society ruled by law. The emperor's edicts were above the "Han Code". It can be said that as long as the emperor is willing
, a single edict can wipe out all the profiteers in Guanzhong who are driving up food prices and the powerful people behind them. But rules must be followed at any time, as long as the emperor wants to show the world a positive and positive image of the emperor, so that more people in the world can
The scholars still have confidence in the Han Dynasty, so he cannot be a tyrant who kills people for no reason.
Jia Xu also understood this truth, otherwise he would not have been sent by the emperor to discuss with Mi Zhu, Wang Jiang and others how to stabilize prices without breaking the rules to the greatest extent.
So with the emperor's acquiescence, Mi Zhu sent official documents to all the wealthy merchants in Jingzhao and Yin in the name of Junsujian, with kind words and advice to put the overall situation first. However, this official document with no threatening words was in the eyes of those wealthy merchants.
In the eyes, compared with hundreds of times the huge profits, it is worthless. Things are still moving in the established direction. Except for the Du family and other powerful people who were informed and warned in advance, they stopped in time, the other powerful people still go their own way, and even think that the imperial court is fierce and evil.
, helpless.
Mi Zhu knew best how disgusting the greed and nature of merchants were. After discovering that the price of grain in Sanfu still had not improved, he gave up the "ritual" and asked his subordinates to secretly remember the wealthy merchants who were among the common people and bought Taicang grain wantonly, and prepared
Use your troops in your own way.
In order to facilitate contact and cooperation, Jia Xu, Mi Zhu and others are staying in Taicang these days to work. It is now dusk. After returning from work, Jia Xu and Mi Zhu took a car together and headed towards the city along the canal, which was not deep enough for a pontoon boat.
Walking away, as if he had gained insight into Mi Zhu's complicated emotions recently, Jia Xu said as if chatting: "The land that loses is worth its current price. Speaking of which, the duties of the governor are no different from those of merchants."
In this place, there are many goods but the price is low, so buy them if they are cheap. In other places, there are few goods and the price is high, and if they are high, sell them. It's just that the merchants want to use this to make personal gains, while Junsujian uses this to level everything and benefit the people.
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"I didn't expect that Duke Jia was so proficient in business affairs besides military planning." Mi Zhu was slightly surprised. He thought about it for a moment, politely held his hands, stretched out his left sleeve, pointed with his fingers and said, "Mean, even, even."
Lose, the two are like the warp and weft on this tapestry, closely intertwined and inseparable. Since ancient times, wealthy merchants and merchants have accumulated goods and stored goods to wait for emergencies. In emergencies, prices will rise, and if they jump, merchants will benefit. After the merchants gain profits,
, and there was more money left to travel back and forth, or to go to the countryside to buy idle land and manage it for three generations, and powerful people appeared in the countryside again. During this period, only the common people suffered."
He had something to say, and finally pulled back his sleeves and sighed: "So the imperial court will lose evenly, so that the people can benefit from it, the officials can benefit from it, and the merchants will not be able to plunder the people's wealth, and the world will be stable."
Jia Xu followed Mi Zhu's movements and looked at the other's beautifully made sleeves. Although the two wore the same official uniforms, the difference in net worth between the two could be seen from the fabric and stitching of the clothes. Jia Xu
Xu's eyes lightly passed over the other party's silky silk sleeves, his expression did not change, he raised his palms and said in approval: "Mr. Mi's words have fully explained the reasons why the world's powerful people have grown up in the past hundred years."
The rise of powerful people is often due to the acquisition of a large amount of social wealth due to land annexation. When the social wealth is accumulated to a certain extent, they will pay a lot of money to study under the disciples of great Confucianists, and use the great Confucianists' reputation to become officials; or they will rely on their own influence in the countryside.
You can directly become a county official or a county official; or you can gain an initial reputation in the local area through acts of filial piety and brotherhood, and then you can compliment each other with other powerful people you have good relations with, and it will be easy to become an official.
Once you join an official position, the political resources you obtain will feed back the current power of the powerful. At this time, the powerful will not engage in bottomless exploitation like they did at the beginning, but will study the classics and do some things like respecting the locals.
.Finally, relying on personal efforts and historical opportunities, step by step, the influence that only covers the county is expanded to the county and the state, and even completes a qualitative leap from a powerful man to a nobleman. This transformation often takes several generations.
People's kung fu, so Jia Xucai only talked about this hundred years, because the existing surnames that can truly be called gentry, such as the Hongnong Yang family, Fufeng Ma family, Runan Yuan family, etc., were as far away as the Western Han Dynasty
It was already a wealthy and powerful family at that time, and it recently started to develop and operate during the reign of Emperor Guangwu and Xiaoming.
What Mi Zhu is talking about is not all powerful people. The gentry completed the primitive accumulation of wealth because of this. In addition to annexing land, there are also various ways to rely on military merit, awards, or directly entering officialdom due to filial piety and integrity. Of course,
These are not the most important, he just wants to use "average loss" to deliberately bring out this topic that everyone in the world understands tacitly.
Jia Xu swayed slightly in the slightly bumpy car, nodded his head, and said with seeming satisfaction: "If the country hears these words, it will be more than happy?" When he saw Mi Zhu's doubts,
With his eyes on him, Jia Xu explained: "Now that the world is in turmoil, the imperial court needs to deploy troops in all directions year after year to quell civil strife. Once troops are used, the word 'Qian Valley' cannot be avoided. The imperial court has Jun Xun, Bu Cai and others as military advisors; there are
Gaishun, Xu Huang and others are the pioneers; there are also Zhao Gong and Yang Gong to assist in political affairs. Tomorrow, the most lacking and most indispensable thing is the economic talent to raise money and grain for the country."
Even though years of cultivating Qi have made his mind firm and calm, after hearing Jia Xu's words, Mi Zhu still felt as if his body was struck by lightning. He stared blankly at Jia Xu and even breathed heavily: "This, Jia Xu
The public statement is serious." He tried his best to keep calm and said humbly: "Zhu's talent and virtue are despicable, how can he be of great use?"
"Emperor Xiaowu had Sang Hongyang, Kong Ji, Dongguo Xianyang and others who calculated the world's expenses. They found that the imperial treasury was abundant, and they had great martial arts in chasing the Xiongnu in the north and conquering Baiyue in the south." Jia Xu looked at Mi Zhu, this is
At this time, there was a long-repressed beast in the heart of this indifferent gentleman, which would soon be unable to be hidden.
He finally asked in a bewitching tone: "The country is determined to revive the Han Dynasty, create a prosperous age, and once again fulfill the achievements of our ancestors. Looking at the family background of Mijun, is it not the Sang family and the Kong family? It is even a loss, no matter where it is.
It is a great contribution to the country, to the people, and to oneself. If Mr. Mi doesn't do some actual achievements, how can he be worthy of the country's intention to reset the military prison and support Mr. Mi?"